If you missed our July edition of the Community Magazine, it is now available digitally at the link below, if you’d like a read.
Equally, if you are looking forward to the next one, and would like to register interest in recieving a copy hard copy through your letter box, please let us know by messaging us with your name and address. If you have already been receiving copies, don’t worry, you are on our list! 😊
July Magazine
A number of different ways of joining our worship are open to you on Sunday. Whichever you choose, we pray it will be a blessing to you and we are glad to welcome you.
In person : join us in St James’ Churchyard for a short socially distanced outdoor service at 10am. We have a small number of chairs available, so if you have a folding chair or a picnic blanket you could bring, that’s very helpful. Come ready to worship with a brolly/raincoat to hand as we never know what the weather will do on the day!
Also at 10am, our friends at Castledown FM will broadcast a service and this will also be available at 10am on our Facebook page, for anyone who prefers to participate in the service that way.
We will also have a short communion service in the evening, outdoors in the churchyard at 6pm. Again, please come prepared – being outside has its drawbacks, but it also allows us to worship more freely because there are fewer measures to put in place in order to meet together safely.
As usual, you can find a service sheet for the radio/fb service at this link so you can follow along with the singing at home: https://stjamesludgershall.com/service-sheets/ We look forward to welcoming you on Sunday.
Our next regular end of the month church walk is on Saturday 29th August, meeting at the lychgate at the church at 10am as usual!
All welcome to join us.
Today, Saturday 15th August 2020, Rev’d Jimmy and Rev’d Peter led a short commemorative service for VJ Day at our village War Memorial. We will remember them.
Sunday 16th August
A number of different ways of joining our worship are open to you on Sundays during August. Whichever you choose, we pray it will be a blessing to you and we are glad to welcome you.
In person : join us in St James’ Churchyard for a short socially distanced outdoor service at 10am. We have a small number of chairs available, so if you have a folding chair or a picnic blanket you could bring, that’s very helpful. Come ready to worship with a brolly/raincoat to hand as we never know what the weather will do on the day!
Also at 10am, our friends at Castledown FM will broadcast a prerecorded service similar to those we have enjoyed over the last few months, and this will also be available at 10am on our Facebook page, for anyone who prefers to participate in the service that way. We had one or two issues last week, which we hope to have resolved.
As usual, you can find a service sheet for the radio/fb service at this link so you can follow along with the singing at home: https://stjamesludgershall.com/service-sheets/ We continue to meet in Jesus’ Name, however we can, and are glad of your fellowship with us.
Sunday 9th August
A number of different ways of joining our worship are open to you on Sundays during August. Whichever you choose, we pray it will be a blessing to you and we are glad to welcome you.
In person : join us in St James’ Churchyard for a short socially distanced outdoor service at 10am. We have a small number of chairs available, so if you have a folding chair or a picnic blanket you could bring, that’s very helpful. Come ready to worship with a brolly to hand as we never know what the weather will do on the day! Similarly, our sister church Holy Trinity will also be holding an in person churchyard service in their churchyard on Sunday at 11am, if that suits you better.
Also at 10am, our friends at Castledown FM will broadcast a prerecorded service similar to those we have enjoyed over the last few months, and this will also be available at 10am on our Facebook page, for anyone who prefers to participate in the service that way.
As usual, you can find a service sheet for the radio/fb service at this link so you can follow along with the singing at home: https://stjamesludgershall.com/service-sheets/ We continue to meet in Jesus’ Name, however we can, and are glad of your fellowship with us.
Our Sunday morning service will be a bit different this week, and there are a number of different ways in which you can choose to join our worship at 10am.
In celebration of our patronal festival – our ‘birthday’ – we will be having a socially distanced physical service in the church yard of St James. Being outdoors, it enables more of us to gather in the space safely. It will be a short but joyful meeting in Jesus’ Name.
Simultaneously, our friends at Castledown FM will broadcast a prerecorded service similar to those we have enjoyed over the last few months, led by Rev’d Tim and Rev’d Jimmy, and this will also be available at 10am on our Facebook page, for anyone who prefers to participate in the service that way.
As usual, you can find a service sheet for the radio/fb service at this link so you can follow along with the singing at home: https://stjamesludgershall.com/service-sheets/ We pray that these services would be a blessing to you.
Thanks to the Andover Advertiser for featuring our Raise A Glass birthday celebration for St James’ Day! What a lovely surprise! There is still time to join in if you’d like to raise a drink, take a snap and post it in the comments of our Raise a Glass post at the top of our fb page. As you can see from the article, wherever you are, whatever you are up to, if there is a brew in hand, help us celebrate our 724th! We are celebrating all month!
We are delighted to announce that as of today, Morning Prayer at 8:30am and Evening Prayer at 4pm will take place every weekday, and our regular Thursday morning Said Communion Service at 10:30am will also be recommencing this week. These services all meet the government guidelines with regard length etc and will be socially distanced in the church building. Please help us to continue to safeguard the health of all by following the measures in place at the church and being mindful of others. We look forward to welcoming you to these acts of public worship and being able to physically gather in Jesus’ Name!
Friends, sadly, our well-loved churchyard horse chestnut tree has been condemned due to severe cracking in its structure, which as you probably know resulted in the dangerous bough drop across the hedge and into the street recently.
Arrangements are in hand to remove the danger without delay, and Wiltshire County Council approved conservation contractors plan this work for next week, starting on Tuesday.
The church road cones will be set out each evening before work is planned the next day. Heavy machinery is needed, so please keep the area clear of parked vehicles.
The tree and its roots are to be removed entirely at what seems to be a massive cost to our church so if you can help with a donation posted to Rev’d Tim at the Rectory, we would be delighted. We shall be seeking grant(s) where we can, in due course.
Meanwhile the Parochial Church Council have accepted Mike Dunning’s offer to gift a replacement specimen tree as soon as possible. This might take the form of a weeping silver birch, a cedar, a Scots pine, or any other suitable candidates from which a PCC choice can be made. If you have a preference or any other suggestions, we would be delighted to include them in the process.
